Enoplognatha

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Enoplognatha
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female E. ovata
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female E. abrupta
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Theridiidae
Genus: Enoplognatha
Pavesi, 1880 [1]
Type species
E. mandibularis
(Lucas, 1846)
Species

74, see text

Synonyms [1]

Enoplognatha is a genus of comb-footed spiders that was first described by P. Pavesi in 1880. [3] They have both a large colulus and a subspherical abdomen. Males usually have enlarged chelicerae. It is considered a senior synonym of Symopagia. [2]

Contents

Among the theridiids, they are medium to large sized. E. maricopa, a red-brown spider with a mottled purplish abdomen, has males that reach a length of 3.4 millimetres (0.13 in), and females that reach 2.9 millimetres (0.11 in). E. peruviana females can grow to 6.5 millimetres (0.26 in) long, and female E. zapfeae can grow to 9.2 millimetres (0.36 in). [4]

Species

As of September 2019 it contains seventy-four species with a cosmopolitan distribution, including Greenland and Western Australia: [1]

In synonymy:

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Enoplognatha Pavesi, 1880". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-10-27.
  2. 1 2 3 Levi, H. W.; Levi, L. R. (1962). "The genera of the spider family Theridiidae". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 127: 27.
  3. Pavesi, P. (1880). "Studi sugli Aracnidi africani. I. Aracnidi di Tunisia". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova. 15: 283–388.
  4. Levi, H.W. (1962). "The Spider Genera Steatoda and Enoplognatha in America (Araneae, Theridiidae)". Psyche . 69: 11–36. doi: 10.1155/1962/42957 .